"You Are Not Alone…"
Khmer Moon Blossoms
Disclaimer: I do not own Rurouni Kenshin. I also do not own the Boyz II Men song: "Colors of Love".
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Chapter 18
Kaoru's POV
I hung on to Kenshin, and I was glad he did not let go of me. There was a small fear inside of me that threatened to find its way out. My father gave me an unexpected look: one of relief.
He ran to my side and hugged me. His arms covered my back and he acted as a blanket from the rain.
I would've never seen any of these people again. If I finished what I did…if Kenshin never found me…
I hugged my father with all of my might. "I'm sorry, Father," I choked out. "I'm so sorry,"
"Shh," he demanded, hugging me tighter. I buried my head into his shoulder, sobs escaping me and mixing with the rain once again. My father and I hugged, watched by Kenshin's and my family. We listened to the rain, and the absence of space between us enacted as a small transmitter.
I told him everything through that hug. Exclamation points, thoughts, feelings, worries, troubles, mistakes—I told him all of these things through our hug, something I would never fully be able to explain through words. My father squeezed me and patted my head, understanding everything I had felt and was feeling.
"Your mother and I are very proud of you, Kaoru." My father whispered.
I smiled and hugged him even tighter.
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Kenshin's POV
I hugged my younger sisters. "Kenni's okay, alright?" Ayame and Suzume looked me with worry and looked at my bloodied hands.
"Why?" Ayame pointed to the red fluid. I smiled.
"It's fine now. The bleeding stopped. Besides, I had to save the goddess," I turned to Kaoru. She and her father were hugging in the rain. I stood up and my mother quickly made her way through my sisters to hug me.
"She seems wonderful," my mother whispered. "Kaoru Kamiya seems wonderful,"
"She's the most perfect," I whispered back.
"I agree. And you deserve her," My mother pulled away, ignoring my injury because she understood that Kaoru was much more important to me right now. My father was smiling proudly at me.
"You, you mean—" I widened my eyes in excitement.
"Yes," My father bellowed, fixing the glasses on his nose.
I stole a glance behind them. Megumi and Tsubame was smiling at me, also. I smiled back, and she ran to me and crushed me in a big-sister embrace.
"Go get her, Kenshin," Megumi told me before returning to Sano's side. Tsubame gave me a hug and just smiled, nodding to our older's sister's comment.
I didn't think twice. I turned and ran towards Kaoru, prying her off of her father and picking her up into the air by her arms, swirling her around in with the crystals of rain pouring on us. She was puzzled at first by the swift motion, but eventually extended her arms to me. I put her onto the ground and hugged her, laughing heartily. She was laughing too.
"We can—" she asked.
"Yes!" I told her. A firework must have flared, or some sort of celebration must have suddenly taken place in our minds.
She hugged me tight. We danced to some sort of inaudible song that only we knew, spinning around in the rain, with the laughter of both of our parents in the background.
I turned to Mr. Kamiya. "I'm sorry, Mr. Kamiya," I told him breathlessly. "I didn't mean to snatch your daughter away from you,"
He laughed at my comment heartily. "Snatch her. I trust you, Kenshin,"
Kaoru broke our contact and kissed her father on the cheek before returning into my arms.
Yahiko and Sano watched their only sister in my arms and walked up to her, giving her a hug and a few playful tugs on her dark hair.
We stood in the rain, all of us…happily registering what had taken place into our minds and accepting it into our hearts.
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Kaoru's POV
"No, Kenshin," I said with as much firm as I could muster out. But Kenshin's playful smile got to me. I found myself giggling. I tried to stop them, angry with my body's functions. I covered my mouth and fingered my knee-long blue dress.
I
was lonely,
I needed someone, to see me threw,
I was at the,
end of my rope,
I needed someone, to cut me loose
"Come on, Kaoru," Kenshin whined, kissing me on the forehead. "It's so much fun,"
"I can't dance," I mumbled. "I'm not going to humiliate myself out there."
He hovered over me, his hand on my knee and the other on the back of the chair.
"Kaoru, it's a slow song," Kenshin declared, looking at the dance floor behind him full of couples, dancing with joy.
Then
an angel, out of the blue,
Gave me the since that I, might make it
through
And somehow I survived, with no rhyme or reason,
And
now I know I'll make It,
Through the miracle of you
He turned back towards me and put on a big smile. "Kaoru, come on. Our parents let us be together. Don't you want to be with me tonight?"
"Kenshin, I am right here, with you. But I'm not dancing." I announced, swirling in my chair so that my back was to him.
"Oh, yes you are." Without being able to protest, Kenshin had dragged me onto the wooden dance floor.
He put his hands on mine and pulled my hands up, wrapping them around his neck. He then put his hands on the small of my back and began to move with the vibrating beat seeping through my heels.
I
know the Color Of Love,
And It lives in side of you
I know the
color of truth,
Its in the image of you
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Kenshin's POV
We had made it perfectly when the chorus sang.
I lured Kaoru in slowly, pulling her until her body was pressed against mine. I led the way, moving to the slow, but loud, drumming beat. I could read her nervous expression.
She watched with curiosity as I began to move my feet back and forth in the same, slow rhythmic pattern. Her sapphires were focused on our feet as she tried to follow me.
I chuckled and placed one hand under her chin. "Just relax. There's no right or wrong way to dance. We're here just to have fun."
If
it comes for the heart, then you know that its true,
It will color
your soul, like a rainbow
Like a rainbow
And the color of love,
is in you
Her sapphires looked into my lavender ones with relief. She nodded against my hand.
Like
a bridge,
Over troubled, troubled water
You stood beside me,
stood beside me
And your love, did not falter
I released her chin and returned my hand to her back. She tightened her grasp around my neck and placed her head against my chest, our flowing steps as one.
And
then the angel, angel in you,
Gave me the strength to know,
That
I will get through,
And that's how I survived, ain't no other
reason
And now I know I'll make it, through the miracle of you
Kaoru kept her head on my shoulder. Without glancing up, she whispered: "I never thought we would get this far,"
"I know," I kissed her head. "But we're here, Kaoru. We're here,"
We stood that way through the entire song, enjoying each other's company and happy at the chance of being together.
"I was so stupid," she blurted all of a sudden. She tightened her grip on me and began trembling. "I almost threw away this opportunity in that alleyway that night,"
I sighed. "I thought I was going to lose you," I whispered. "But nothing matters anymore. We're together, and that's all we want,"
She shifted against me and picked up her head to look at me. Her tears were stained against her cheeks. But Kaoru was smiling. I gave her a puzzled look.
"Kaoru?"
"That's all we want," she repeated. "Is to be with each other."
She did not let go of me. I did the same, holding her close to me.
So
girl I want to thank you,
I can't thank you enough,
For showing
me the meaning,
The meaning of true love,
I understood what she was telling me. I picked up my bandaged hands and cupped her face close to mine. I kissed her, and she instantly responded with her own. I pressed my face tightly against hers, almost as if my cheeks would dry her tear streaked ones.
I fully understood.
I pulled away and stared at her awaiting sapphire eyes.
"As long as I'm alive," I whispered. Her eyes filled up with happiness and she smiled widely.
When I was lost and so in need you opened up your heart
When
I needed you to comfort me you opened up you arms
I couldn't face
another day you said don't be afraid
You showed my heart the,
showed me the way
"You are not alone,"
The color of you…
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The End
Author's Notes: Of course, BIG THANKS to ALL REVIEWERS!
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